| Term | Definition |
| feral | savage; untamed |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
| incorrigible | incapable of being reformed |
| ingrate | an ungreatful person |
| pugnacious | combative; belligerent |
| malfeasance | misconduct or wrong doing, an illegal act, especially by a public official |
| malice | extreme ill will or spite |
| putrid | rotten |
| austere | without decoration; unadorned; stern; forbidding; strict |
| ponderous | so large as to be clumsy ; massive ; dull |
| sedentary | not migratory; settled |
| apprehension | anxiety or fear about the future; worry |
| harbinger | something that indicates what is to come; a signal; a forefunner |
| premonition | a feeling about the future |
| timorous | timid; fearful about the future; easily frightened |
| conflagration | a large widespread fire |
| sonorous | producing a deep or foul sound |
| facile | done or achieved with little effort; fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy |
| fastidious | meticulous; demanding; finicky; exacting possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please |
| paradigm | a model or example |